Question

Give balanced equation for the action of water on the following :

Sodium

Answer 1

• The method of representing chemical reactions with the help of symbols and formulae involved in it is called a chemical equation.
• The chemical equation in which the number of atoms of each element is equal on the reactant and product side is called a balanced chemical equation.
• $$\begin{gathered} 2\mathrm{Na}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)+2{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\left(\mathrm{l}\right)\to 2\mathrm{NaOH}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)+{\mathrm{H}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right) \\ \mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{Water}\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{Hydrogen} \\ \mathrm{hydroxide} \end{gathered}$$